Visible card index



Jan. 8, 1929. 1,698,329

4 J. L. GARFIELD I VISIBLE CARD INDEX Filed May 22, 1926 s Slieets-Shet 1 IINVE/VTOR Jhmefill Garfield by 71:29 ai-barrzqgg Jan. 8, 1929. 1,698,329

' J. L, GARFIELD VISIBLE cm) mnsx Filed May 22, 1926 :s. Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Jan. 8, 1929.

UNITED STATES.

PA ENT -oFF1cE;

JAMES LYON GARFIELD, or DREXEL nILL, PENNSYLVANIA. v

VISIBLE CARD INDEX.

1 Application filed May 22,

This invention relates to the so-called over.- lapping type of visibleindcx in which each card is hinged by individual'means leaving both sides of each card completely accessible edge of the ordinary plain card. In the type of index towhich this invention relates the 'mountingrelationfor giving the necessary overlap is a direct one between each card and the panel, thus eliminating all nesting or adjacent cards, as Well as all adjustment of the other cards when removing or inserting a smgle card.

One of the objects of this invention is tovention is to produce a visible index which is not only strong and'easily manipulated but is compact and flat, permitting use of the panels as leaves of a. loose leaf binder. Still another object of the invention is to provide afcard which can be kept in overlapping relation with its neighbors on the visible index panel, or transferred. to an ordinary non-overlapping vertical card index at will. Another object of the invention is to provide the maximum amount of record-keeping surface in a panel and provide it in such form that the amount of overlap of any one or all of the cards can be changed at will.

In the embodiment of the invention shown in the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an overlapping index with one card turned upwardly to show how the cards engage with the panel and abut on each other;

Fig. 2 is a similar view showingthc anti-' opened out; 7 other connections between one card and the cards.

1926. Serial No. 110,997.

nesting section folded over to reduce the amount of overlap;

Fig. 3 1s a plan view of the new card;

Fig. 4 is an exaggerated section along the line H ofFig. 1 with additional cards. in place, the flange being shown by a dot and dash line;

Fig. 5 is a similar section taken along-the line 5-5 of Fig. 2; i V

Fig. 6 isa section taken along the line 6-6 ofFig. 1;

Fig. 7 is a plan view of one flange ofthe panel showing the improved double card at-.

tached thereto with the upper record section double card; 7 ;Fig. 11 is a plan viewof half. ofa nonoverlapping insert card;

Fig. 12is a similar view of an overlapping insert card; while l showing Fig. 13 shows the two-recordsections of a double card cut apart fromthe tongue section, preparatory to filling in the ordinary vertical card index.

Fig. 14 is a of double card.

T'o'provide the highly novel hingedsuspension of the cards, referred to, the" cards are mounted directly on a pair of parallel inwardly facing flanges 22 fastened on or formed from a support, backing or panel 21 at such a distance apart that the grooves thus formed are intermediate the sides of-the More than two flanges can be employed if desired. The panel can be'made of plan viewof a modified form cardboard, light metal ormay actually be another card in turn to be mounted on a panel. i I i In the drawings the flanges 22 on which the cards are mounted are shown formed by means oflongitudinal strips glued orstitched on the surface of the panel 21, the strips being formed of cloth, cardboard or metallic mate- 105 rial as desired, but pressed upwardly along their inner edges to form inwardly facing "I Zthispurpose. The upper base points of'the tongues 24 of the tongue section intersect this hinge line 30 in a-niannersimilar'to that already described in connection with the lower base points and the hinge line between the tongue section and the r'ecord secr tion. hen the anti-nesting section is folded down, as just described, the card below touches thelower base-points 27 by abutting against the junctures between the tongues 24 underlying the flangesand" the edge of the record section joined'thereto, as usual. In additionthe card above abuts against the upper base points, i. e., the junctures between these same tongues 24: and the anti-nesting section, thus making the overlap of the cards equal to the depth ofthe tongue section.

This application of the invention is very effective, especially in View of its strength. It

will be observed that the stress in the tongue section and anti-nesting section occurs across the base points of the tongues, that is to say, vertically across the tongue from one base point to the other, and in folding the antinesting section down on top of the tongue section a folded edge rather than a single sharp edge is presented to'the card above. In this waythe chanceof tearing s very materially reduced and at the same time twice as many cards can'be putin a given length of panel, as is the case when the anti-nesting section is not folded on top of the tongue section.

If it is desired not to wastethe space 00- cupied bythe depth of the anti-nesting and tongue sections of the top card in the panel, the anti-nesting andtongue sections of. the whole series of cards on the panel can each be folded under their own record sections. The anti-nesting section can still be folded on top of the tongue section even when this form of mounting is used. 7

The card area for any given panel can be doubled by the simple expedient of enlarging the anti-nesting section 26 until it becomes a record section itself. Such a card is shown in Figs. 7 to 10, the size of the lower or original record section and the anti-nesting sectionor upper record section being the same in these figures. It will be noted at once that the upper record section being hinged to the upper. edge of the tongue section and the original record section being hinged to the lower edge of the tongue section, the two record sections areoverlapped with respect to each other when the upperis folded down ov the lower. The opened-out position is shown in Fig. 7 and the folded-down position in Fig. 8. This form of card may be termed a double card .and has all the advantages of the constructions shown in Figs. 2 and 5, in-

cluding'the presentation of a foldedor double edge to the card above. H

When the area onthe record section of one of these double cards is not sufficient for all the information which it is desired to assemble a i on one card, the'capacity of the double card can be further increased by the insertion of what may be termed an insert card. Two forms of insert cards are shown in Figs. 11 and 12 from which it will be observed that they are like the single card shown in Fig. 3,

except that they lack the anti nesting section. Such an insert cardcan be assembled'with the doublecard by placing it over the original or lower record section of the double card and slipping the tongues 24 under the flanges 22, but above the tongues 24 of the double card by flexing the card. vertically at the middle in the manner already mentioned in.

connection with the regular card. The insert card 3lshown in Fig. 11 differs from that 7 even with thebottom e dge of the lower or original section of the double card. Adouble card in folded position with such an insert card inside it is shown in Fig. 10.

Among the advantages of a visible card in dex. made according to this invention is the peculiar adaptability of the cards for use in. the ordinary vertical card indeXJ WVhen the information on a card in the Visible index becomes inactive, the cardis easily changed to the ordinary card found in a vertical card index by merely cutting or tearing the tongue 3 section off of the record section (see Fig. 12).

i The record section thus becomes the complete ordinary card and is then put away in the ordinary vertical card index without any trouble, the record section being" ofthe same A shape and, if desired,-of the same sizeas the other cards in the vertical index. The 1n vention makes it unnecessary to make any shearcuts or punchings in the record section or change the shape of the section in any way. The record section is exactly like all other cards'in the vertical index and can be handled the without any fear of the card not fittin index or catching on the neighboring cards.

The panel being merely a flat steel of Bristol board or light metal and the cards being ofimerely flat sheet material, a panel and its cards can be put away in a vertical filing system without taking up too much space, or can be used as a leaf in a loose leaf binder, such for instance as a magazine binder. When used in-a magazine binder,

these panels are individually detachable, thus giving interchangeability at will', panel by panel, between the loose leaf binder or active it fi e e Th p tnessD it is inde lmk f t peculiarly adaptable forthese varizihle uses.

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Many ariations in the details oi Construction will oceun to thoseskilled inthe art without de artingironithesoope of theinvention,

, t i i C1. A c for a m ible indeii piinel hztving pai l f qpi 'cs d fl n es s id ee eemmf s ,ing it record section 'and a pa r of opposed itoiiguesfjoined to the upper edge of said "recordseotion etpoints ntermed dtethe sides io fitlielatter, eac'h'fliesejpointof said tongues ,being ndapted tobe substantially n engagefinentwithone ojfthe flenges, in combination with meter-i211 abpye the tongues joinedthere- H at" their upper base points and extending outwardly iii the direction of the tongues befsilole index cardhating at record sec- .tion, a [plurality of outwardly directed oppos ed tongues outside said lfi d E n attiiched to the upper edge thereof andterininzi 'tinginteri fedietely ofthe ends of saidedge,

[in Combination with-en entignesting section fjoinedftothe upper base polntsof said tongues Qa xte g ou w d y in h ldirefi in J theQtongues'b'eyondjthose base po nts.

V 3. A Visible index cerdhaving e rcc ord sec 1 tion,,outwerdly directed hor zontel .tongues terminating interinediatdyflof theQSides of said record section and hinged "to-thewupper edge thereof along a line touching one bese point of each ton'gue, combinat on: w th material j oine'd to the upper; .bz se P011111 0 f each t ngu ex endingsid w ysb yq t s Win ef d the P 'i Q. des bed-,1 j

" A yigible index cerd compr sing arecord section, a, tongue section hinged to the upper de'l blf c, r :o rtyv my directed Opposed tongues tennien t n r wm i e n wi e .sefii j ed t he pp ke lg ofsa on u sectionend extending outwardly iiithe direction ofthe tongues hey ndQits juncture with h w e s sec ion t n e purp s desc i ed comprising record section, tongue section hinged to the upper edge thereof find having tw o outwardly directed opposed tongues i terh linating intern iediate of the of the recordsection, iniiombination with an fentie nesting section joined to said tongue section,

f each tong ue andfjjthe record section being Q adapted tostreddle a fltinge inoiiedirejction,

and the same tongue and they anti-nesting ection being adapted to straddle the shine baselpoints of said tongues. V v t "8. A visibleindex cerd comprising a record Said re d l i onwid h v n W0 intermedieite lyfof the sides of the es described;

t M m 1 A 9 rd f r? visib ind penelhevins inwaidl "ti des ,ide tell fl n S id. d comprisese ew d s men, ltongu se two outW erdly; directe intermediate the sidesfof ,the record section .ahd ad p e s bsta tially 6 eng seidaflanges in combination with an janti- V V (nesting;sectionjoined to;the"upper edgeof l etoi sue se t o an exte d ig u a y in the directiomofthetongues jheyond its junctur'with thetongue section. 7. A isilo le in'deipcerd comprisin agree- 1 ,Qrd i section, a tongue section "hinged uppe s le i dnr q r eect n l n avin two pufw rd y dir d ppo n r i' ge t 'thelilpp f f fih -eefa h v n r 1 t n ue erminat n minating li fi imed ate y Qfthe si e Qf j jee ri s win Com t n h a emiin ilisSec io h e edi eth pp dge f eidl op ctien a dQ t ihQ fi r Y in the direction of-the tongues beyond the sect-ion, a tongue section'hingedto theupper edge of saidl record section and having two outwardly directed opposed tongues terminatinginterrnediatel ofthefsid'es of the rec- 0rd sectionfin coinflinationi with an antinestingpsection 1 hinged tofthe upper edge of said tongue secti0n;'extjendingoutwardly in the direction of thetO'I guesbeyOndthe base P i ts f l i t n u s," sa d an me ng r- I.

tion being adapted to providela variable detongue section, said. tongue and anti-nesting sections being die-cut to form outwardly di- 7 V V base points are intermediate'thesides oft-he rested {opposed single-lobe tongues whose 'ios record section, the tonguesfof the tongue sides of the record section, and the anti nest- 7 ing 1 and record "sections being" adapted to section being adapted to underlie the grooves g of the panel and terminating intermediate the in overlie the grooves of the panel substantially V 10; An integral v visible index card "mede havinge record section,- a tongue [section 'joinedfto the upperedeof said record sectionby weekenedline, in combination with an anti-nesting section joined to the. j upper edge of said tongue section 112 ened {line "parallel to the weakene a-weak-q line bee :tv veenthe record and tongue sections, said tongue section havin loutwardlyfdirected tongue e minati s e me e the si of the record section, the base points of said tongues touching the two weakened lines, substantially as described. i 11. A visible index card comprising a tongue section having horizontal tongues, and two record sections joined to said tongue section along parallel hinged lines, the base points of said tongues each intersecting a hinged line and said tongues terminating in termediate the sides of said record sections.

12. A visible index card comprising a toingue section having horizontal single lobed tongues, and two recordsections joined to said tongue section along parallel hinged lines, the base points of said tongues each intersecting a hinged line and said tongues terminating intermediate the sides of said record sections, said record sections being of such depth as to show an overlap between said sections whenone is folded down over the tongue section.

13. A card for a visible index panel having inwardly facing parallel flanges, said card comprising a tongue section havingtwo outwardly directed tongues with their base points each adapted to be substantially in engagement with one of said flanges, in combination with two record sectionseach hinged to one edge of said tongue section and projecting outwardly in. the direction of the tongues beyond the tongues.

14. A visible card index comprising a panel, inwardly'facing parallel flanges on said panel, and a series of overlapping cards each comprising a record and a tongue section hinged to the upper edge ,ofthe record section and having two outwardly directed opposed tongueswith their base points each adapted to be substantially in engagement with one of said flanges, in combination with an anti-nesting section joined to the upper edge of the tongue section and projecting outwardly in the direction of the tongues beyond the tongues.

- In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification;

JAMES LYONGARFIELD. 

